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New... some folks are afraid of the new, they cling to the past like it something worth keeping and perhaps it is.

But today I was at a funeral and a good man died.I have a friend who lost a mom, and the grieving process is slow and hard.The past holds us tight sometimes.it's hard to move toward the new, the new of having that loss in your life.

IT IS A STRUGGLE.

I know it.

I see my dad lying in a nursing home bed with his wife (my mom) at his side and I know sometime I will have to let go of the old and move toward a new existence without one and then both of my parents. it's hard thing to contemplate, but one must you know.

If you don't, the struggle is harder.

And I was thinking as I ponder the word new... how this newness is made better in the knowing that the lost loved one knows the Lord truly.

My folks LOVE the Lord. The man buried today served the Lord all his life. My friends mom... she knew God and was ready to go home. T'is a good thing that.

Today, if you know someone moving from that old into a new way to live. Love up 'em. Hold them close as sometimes that struggle is a hard one.

It is so hard to let go of the old, the safe, the familiar to walk into something new and unknown. I agree with you that the grieving is a process, but it is a comfort to know that the ones who have passed on know Christ and are living now in something wonderfully new!

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annette @ A net In Time

10/4/2014 09:40:48 pm

Debra, thanks for stopping by, it's an encouragement. Grieving is hard but our only comfort is they are already in glory (if they are believers). We will see them again, worshiping God. Could anything be better?

The "new" that comes with loss is a challenge, isn't it? A friend of mine said good-bye to her husband only a week ago and is challenged by the new term describing her - "widow" - since she is only around 50 years old. How important we are good listeners (and huggers!) to those who go through new unexpected seasons of life.

"If you don't, the struggle is harder." Ain't that the truth!! Sometimes I feel like people sleepwalk there way to a tragedy and suddenly wake up and wonder what the heck is going on. The struggle is so much harder. Thanks for the insight!

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annette @ A net In Time

10/6/2014 10:22:11 pm

Diane... it is so true. Preparing makes things easier. Doesn't make them great but makes things easier indeed.